Chapter 42 It’s all Ye Fan’s fault


There is no better son than a father!

At the door of Liao's house, Dabao saw his parents going north and probably wouldn't be able to come back for a while, so he asked Liao if he wanted to go to the beach.

Liao Lele looked at the little Erbao and shook his head: "Go to the ditch to catch fish?"

Dabao shook his head: "The fish in the ditch are not delicious. Shall we fly a kite? My mother didn't ask me to fly, saying I couldn't do it."

"But I don't have a kite at home. Does yours have one?"

Dabao: "No. I let it go when I was a child."

Brother Liao thought to himself, you must have been three or four years old when you were young. Let alone Aunt Ye, I dare not tell you to let go: "I'll ask my sister, she has learned a lot of messy things recently, maybe she can do it."

Liao Miaomiao can make kites. When Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye arrived home, she had already made one. Geng Dabao pulled the string and asked Brother Liao to fly the kite up.

Ye Fan saw this scene at the door of his house: "Geng Dabao is really good at summoning people."

Geng Zhiye: "Your son is smart."

Ye Fan couldn't help but roll his eyes at him with his sinister tone: "Aren't you busy today?"

Geng Zhiye shook his head: "That's the good thing about being here. If I don't hold a meeting, no one will ask me to hold a meeting. We only have patrol duties. It is not our turn to reorganize civilian personnel."

Ye Fan: "Disarmament again?"

Geng Zhiye nodded: "Didn't we ask people to raise pigs and grow vegetables before? Everyone was not happy. When word came about the reorganization, everyone was more honest than the last. At this time, after returning from the army, we can only stay at home and grow old."

Ye Fan: "Can't you enter the Public Security Bureau?"

Geng Zhiye: "I have never been on the battlefield, nor have I been a scout. After a few years in the army, my physical fitness is only a little better than that of ordinary policemen, and I have no experience." Thinking of how well-behaved those people are these days, he wants to laugh, " At a time when everything is in jeopardy, there are changes in all walks of life, and it is not easy to move around even if you have relationships at home.”

"Help me plant flowers. Miaomiao gave me a lot of chrysanthemums and gave me a lot of seeds. Members of the Shanxi brigade also gave me a few packets of seeds. I feel like I can plant them in Shanxi brigade from Miaomiao's doorstep."

Geng Zhiye: "Do you want to water it?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "The day after tomorrow is Qingming, it will definitely rain."

Geng Zhiye held a shovel: "I'll dig a hole first."

Zhuang Qiuyue saw Geng Zhiye in the courtyard and couldn't help asking: "Commander Geng, what are you digging for?"

Geng Zhiye said nonsense: "Fanfan said that people from the Shencheng Garment Factory might come this year. When they arrived, the flowers on the roadside were blooming, which left a deep impression on them. If there is a shortage of duck and goose feathers in the future, they will definitely think of us first."


Zhuang Qiuyue was very doubtful: "Is it useful?"

Geng Zhiye: "There is nothing attractive on the island, so I have to build it myself. Besides, it doesn't require watering and it's not troublesome."

Ye Fan first planted the chrysanthemums, then the roses she had cut off, and finally the seeds. When I reached the intersection of Shanxi Brigade, I met two commune members and asked Ye Fan what he was planting. Ye Fan said he was planting flowers along the road and to the tombs of the martyrs.

A few days ago, the troops were repairing the tomb every day, and even used cement to repair the steps. They seemed to take it very seriously. The members believed it, so they asked Ye Fan who still had seeds and asked Ye Fan if he wanted them. The fellow commune members thought he had no eyesight and asked him to go home and get two shovels to help Captain Geng dig.

The two came over again, followed by several people. Some were holding shovels, some were holding a few seedlings, and some were holding a handful of seeds and asking Ye Fan if wild flowers were okay.

Ye Fan said that as long as they were flowers, he asked the members not to herd sheep here.

The members laughed and said no. Some members are more cunning and say they want to plant thorny flowers.

Ye Fan didn't dare to agree because he was worried that the captain would argue with her because the sheep was injured.

The potholes are unsightly when they are first planted. After the Qingming Festival, sprouts sprouted, and there was green on both sides of the bare gravel road. The members were in a good mood while walking on this road. They couldn't help but sigh to their families that Accountant Ye knows how to live.

Ye Fan had several "enemies" and was worried that when he went to the vegetable market to plant seeds, the "enemies" would pull them out and hand over the remaining seeds to Su Yuanhang and the director of the vegetable market. They found some seeds and dug many wild flowers from the mountains, and planted them in the food factory from outside Wan Siqin's house.

In the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, the gypsophila and peonies on the ground, sophora flowers and pomegranate flowers on the trees are blooming. Butterflies and bees can be seen everywhere in front of Ye Fan's house. Once, members of the Shanxi brigade came back from the sea to deliver small seafood to Ye Fan. Ask him if he keeps bees - it would be a shame not to keep bees with so many flowers.

Raising bees is like raising chickens and ducks. It doesn’t matter how many production teams you raise, as long as you don’t delay the work of the team and don’t ruin the crops. This commune member thought, if the honey can be sold, sell it, but if it cannot be sold, let the elderly and children eat it. Beekeeping does not require food, just build a box yourself, it is a cost-free business.

He didn't dare touch the bees himself, so he told others about it.

Ye Fan probably could always sell the things everyone made. People who knew how to keep bees did not hesitate when they heard about this and immediately asked a carpenter to make a beehive to look for bumblebees. In early June, a beehive was added in front of the tomb of the martyrs.

Bees sting so badly that lazy people don’t dare to steal honey, and naughty children don’t dare to get close to them, so they don’t need to be looked after. After half a month, I opened it and took a look. There was very little honey, but there were twice as many bees. I don’t know where they came from. The beekeeper estimated that it would not take long to divide the hives into boxes, so he hired a carpenter to make a few more hives.

On this day, people from the clothing factory went to the food factory. The fisherman who brought them to the island saw that there was no one in the food factory, so he said: "Have a rest here for a while, I will go find Accountant Ye."

The people from the clothing factory went with him because they saw many flowers at the intersection leading to the food factory. They originally thought there were only a few plants, but when they got to the roadside, they saw flowers on both sides of the road. They were very curious. One of them asked: "I didn't see it last year when I came here. When was it planted?"

The fishermen paused and said to themselves that Captain Geng really didn't lie to us. Last year, these two people came and left immediately. No one except the people from the food factory paid attention to them. This year, they actually took the initiative to talk to him: "I planted it a few days ago. It will be harvested in the autumn." We got seeds and planted them on both sides of the road. We liked it, and we could also raise bees.”

The person who asked the question asked again: "Do you still sell honey?"

The fisherman shook his head: "Not this year. This year we mainly keep bees in separate boxes. The honey in the boxes must be kept for the winter. There may be some this time next year."

The two looked at each other, and the questioner asked again: "Sell it?"

Fisherman: "I will definitely sell it. We are not willing to eat something as good as honey." Thinking that private trading may cause the food factory to close down, "But ask Accountant Ye. We don't understand. We listen to Accountant Ye."


The cashier at the clothing factory couldn't help but say: "I heard her right -" Not far away there was a woman looking left and right, looking forward, wondering what she was looking at. The woman chopped off her feet on the flowers and left as if nothing had happened. The cashier was furious: "Stop! That lesbian, stop! Why are you stepping on flowers?"

The lesbian with her back to the three people stopped subconsciously.

The three of them ran over immediately.

The cashier pointed to the ruined flowers: "Why are these flowers hurting you?"

"It was originally a road——"

The fisherman pointed to the intersection three steps south: "That's not a road? How many more steps will you take to exhaust yourself?"

Woman: "Didn't you see me carrying a bucket and a pole? You are used to doing rough work and you don't feel tired if you take a few more steps. Can I compare with you?"

The fisherman was so angry that he had a headache: "You are not from our brigade? What is your name? I will definitely tell the political commissar!"

The woman rolled her eyes at him and went to fetch water.

The fishermen were so angry that they couldn't help but chase after him.

Two comrades from the garment factory stopped me: "Business matters!"

The fisherman stopped and saw someone approaching. He waited for a moment and when the person approached, he asked: "Comrade, do you know the comrade just now?"

Visitor: "Who are you?"

The cashier of the clothing factory wanted to speak, but the fisherman said first: "She's here to see the political commissar. Is she the political commissar's lover?"

"No. We found the wrong one. That is Liu Qing, the lover of Battalion Commander Gao."

The fishermen couldn't help but ask: "Is she Liu Qing? This girl is really not a good person."

The visitor was very unhappy: "Why did Liu Qing offend you?"

The fisherman pointed to the ground: "See for yourself!"

“Isn’t it just a few flowers?”

The fisherman's face turned red with anger. The comrades in the garment factory were worried that the fishermen would not start a fight with Liu Qing, so they started fighting with the female comrade: "Comrade, go to Accountant Ye first."

Lesbian: "Aren't you looking for Political Commissar Liao?"

The three of them treated her as nothing and went straight to Ye Fan's house.

Accountant Ye closed the fence door and was about to go to the food factory. When he saw that the visitor had arrived at the door of Wan Siqin's house next door, he couldn't help but stop: "Isn't it about autumn?"

The comrade from the garment factory smiled and said: "You remember correctly. It can be transported to the factory at this time to dry and clean, and it can be used in autumn. Otherwise, it will be put to next year."

Ye Fan said to the fishermen accompanying them, "Go to the brigade captain, and ask your brigade captain to inform the brigade. Please ask the brigade with walking tractors to work hard for a long time to help the members transport it." Finally he said to the two comrades: "Let's go Food factory? ”

The two nodded as they walked and said they hoped to load the car before dark.

Ye Fan: "After you two have checked, you can directly weigh yourself and get on the ship? But when you get to the shore——"

The cashier in charge said: "We found a few transport trucks."

Ye Fanxin said that with such a positive attitude, it seemed that the asking price last year was lower: "What about the fare?"

The two of them knew that the food factory did not make money, and Ye Fan was kind-hearted to help the members make up for their household expenses: "We will give it. By the way, we said we would wait at the dock at four o'clock in the afternoon."

Ye Fan nodded: "It's less than two o'clock now? It's too late."

The two of them felt that it was a bit overwhelming, but they didn't want to spend the night on the island, so they settled on a good time with the driver and suppressed their embarrassment. However, when they arrived at the food factory and their buttocks were still hot, they heard someone shouting: "Accountant Ye, are the duck and goose feather collectors here again?"

The two of them were shocked, so fast.

Ye Fan smiled and asked: "Go out and take a look?"

The two of them went out first, and there were already several people outside the door, everyone carrying sacks and cloth bags. The two of them were completely unprepared. They didn't know what to do and could only look at Ye Fan.

Ye Fan said calmly: "Quine up, don't panic, don't be chaotic. Just like last year, you get what you pay for!"

Last year, many people kept duck and goose feathers to save Ye Fan's face, without any hope of selling them for money. Some fishermen came ashore to deliver goods and asked someone to inquire. They learned that in the past, hawkers on the streets exchanged chicken, duck and goose feathers for candy. The fishermen thought it would be good to exchange them for two handfuls of sugar, so they continued to collect duck and goose feathers.

As a result, Liu Guihua sold half a bag of duck feathers and half a bag of goose feathers for 80 yuan. Eighty yuan could educate a college student in the 1950s and 1960s, but now it is enough to build a house for his two sons and find a wife. The whole island was shocked. So that there is no unclean hair this year.

The two people from the garment factory repeatedly mentioned last year that you get what you pay for. Anticipating good harvests this year, they brought more money with them. With all the ducks and goose feathers on board, they will settle the ledger with Ye Fan and the money they brought will be enough.

The cashier of the clothing factory asked: "How many people are on the island? Why are there so many ducks and geese?"

Ye Fan: "The island has lots of mountains and water, so no matter how many you raise, you don't have to worry about the members. How come you can save so much in half a year? The workers on the shore are busy with work and have no time to deal with the ducks and geese. The fishermen help them clean up the ducks and geese in order to sell them. I didn’t expect duck and goose feathers to be sold. If I had known that the duck and goose feathers in the past were not thrown away, the feathers on one island would be enough for your factory to use for three years.”

The cashier asked: "How did Accountant Ye think duck and goose feathers could be sold for money?"

Ye Fan: "It can't be someone else?"

The cashier smiled and said: "If it were anyone else, it would be impossible for them to contact us only in the second half of the year before last."

Ye Fan nodded: "I heard that. Didn't your factory make down jackets for the mountaineering team on a trial basis? If it succeeds, it will definitely need down. If it doesn't succeed, we can keep it and it won't take up any space."

Su Yuanhang on the side was surprised, why had he never heard of making down jackets for the mountaineering team?

Su Yuanhang put the two of them on the boat, and when he came back, he asked Ye Fan who he heard from. Ye Fan separated out the extract that belonged to the food factory: "I read it in the newspaper."

"Newspaper?" Su Yuanhang looked towards the office of the market director.

Ye Fan nodded: "It's not a special report. It was mentioned in the article reporting on the mountaineering team."

Su Yuanhang couldn't believe it: "You remember just one sentence?"

Ye Fan: "That's how a lot of news comes. Some people make money by being bold and talented, and I make money by being well-informed. Okay, go out and let the members line up. You take the note and tell the price, and I'll count the money."

Su Yuanhang came to the door: "Everyone, line up and go home as soon as you get the money. Don't block the door."

"Director Xiao Su, mine." Liu Guihua was the first.

Su Yuanhang took away the note he wrote: "Eighteen? There are very few this year."

"Everyone knows that duck and goose feathers can be sold for money, but who would be willing to give it to me." Liu Guihua is actually very satisfied. In the next few months, she will have money to buy oil and salt.

Ye Fan gave her the money: "Don't buy me any more fish."

Liu Guihua shook her head: "I won't buy it."

On the high tide day of this month, I went to sea with Zhuang Qiuyue and gave Ye Fan half of the small seafood I got. But that’s a story for another day.

Dabao Erbao went home after school and saw the door locked, so he went to the food factory. Ye Fan gave the key to Dabao, and the brother and sister went home obediently. On the road, I met a child pinching flowers and making a garland, but they didn't join in the fun. I'm afraid that my mother will be in a bad mood due to being tired and slap them twice when she sees them being naughty.

When Geng Zhiye arrived home and saw his daughter-in-law reading her homework, she couldn't help but go outside and look to the west: "It's almost the final exam and you still do your homework?"

Dabao glanced at his father indifferently, finished writing the last math problem, and closed the book: "Er Bao, are you still hungry?"

Erbao ate melon and drank water: "I'm not hungry."

Dabao put away the comic strips in front of her: "Let's go play. Dad, cook!" Geng Zhiye patted him on the head: "Where is your mother?"

Dabao: "Selling duck and goose feathers."

Geng Zhiye nodded: "No wonder I haven't come back after six o'clock. I have to be busy distributing money one by one until dark."

Dabao didn’t understand very much: “Can’t mom give the money to the captain?”

Geng Zhiye: "Duck and goose feathers are extra income, and the brigade does not divide the money. When members sell duck and goose feathers, they do not sell them to each brigade. If your mother wants to give the money to the brigade leader, she must first divide it among the ten brigade members, and then Calculating each brigade’s ledger is more troublesome than issuing them one by one.”

"Mom, why aren't Liu Qing's duck and goose feathers sold?"

Liao Miaomiao's voice came from outside. Geng Zhiye winked at his son and went out to ask what was going on.

Dabao glanced at him helplessly, then went to the eaves and shouted: "Sister Miao Miao, Aunt Zhuang."

The mother and daughter who had already arrived at their door came over. Zhuang Qiuyue came to Ye Fan's courtyard and said, "Your mother will be here for a while. Dabao, will you come to our house to eat tonight?"

All the duck and goose feathers that Ye Fan's family had eaten in the past six months were given to Zhuang Qiuyue. Once, Zhuang Qiuyue helped Ye Fan pluck goose feathers, and Wan Siqin came to press water. Zhuang Qiuyue asked her if she wanted it, and if so, the two families would share it equally. Wan Siqin was embarrassed to save face, but Zhuang Qiuyue was embarrassed, so she kept it by herself.

When Ye Fan handed out money and saw Zhuang Qiuyue, he also reminded her not to buy fish. Zhuang Qiuyue was embarrassed when she got the money. She wanted to buy some candies on the way here and asked Dabao and Erbao to go to her house to eat candies.

Geng Zhiye came out of the house: "No need. I'll cook for a while. Sister-in-law, what's going on with Liu Qing? My Ye Fanfan is not that narrow-minded."

Zhuang Qiuyue was speechless and wanted to laugh: "Who said Accountant Ye is petty? I don't know. She didn't even go inside. She went back on the way to the entrance of the food factory. I don't know if it was because Accountant Ye was inside. But she can put duck and goose feathers Let others help her sell it. For the sake of Commander Gao, I will help her."

Geng Zhiye: "She is not stupid. If you can think of it, she can also think of it. Maybe she thinks it is too little, so she saves more and sells it."

Zhuang Qiuyue shook her head: "Then she is too smart. It is inconvenient for us to get in and out on the island. They are in Shanghai, and there are so many places to choose from from Shanghai to Yongcheng. Even if business is better next year than this year, they may not come."

Geng Zhiye also couldn't figure it out: "She didn't see Ye Fan, so she shouldn't blame Ye Fan."

It wasn't Ye Fan who was just planting flowers, Su Yuanhang and the director of the market couldn't think of planting flowers on the roadside. There were no flowers on the roadside. If Liu Qing had not stepped on the flowers, she would not have been bumped into by the two comrades who were receiving goods from the clothing factory.

So it’s all fucking Ye Fan’s fault!

Liu Qing scolded Ye Fan when she got home.

Someone who was close to Liu Qing asked her how much she sold it for. Liu Qing said she didn't want to see Ye Fan. Her friend said he could give it to her and she would help Liu Qing sell it. Liu Qingru woke up from her dream and said, "I was confused by Ye Fanqi."

It's all Ye Fan's fault!

It cost her more than ten dollars less!

Ye Fan's ears feel hot. When it gets dark, my ears are red. Geng Zhiye touched her ear: "Is it stung by a bee?"

"I hope I can order it." Ye Fan pushed his hand away, "Don't move your hands or feet. What do you want to eat?"

Dabao moved his small bowl in front of his mother: "Mom, drink soup!"

Geng Zhiye put it back for him: "Do you want to be attentive? I can't help your mother serve it?" He glared at his son and said, "Second treasure, have some food."

Erbao frowned: "Dad, we are eating, can we not talk?"

Geng Zhiye choked: "——I shouldn't cook for you two!"

Ye Fan pulled him to sit down: "Eat first. Both of them are underage together. Is it interesting to argue with them?"

Dabao nodded: "Dad, are you interesting?"

Ye Fan glared at his son: "I didn't say you, did you?"

Dabao buried his head in drinking soup.

Geng Zhiye held back his laughter and served Ye Fan a bowl of fish head and tofu soup, and gave Er Bao a piece of cucumber.

Erbao was very disgusted: "Dad, it's raw from cucumber."

Ye Fan: “If you don’t want to eat it, give it to daddy.”

Geng Zhiye: "Eat some vegetables for balanced nutrition."

When Erbao heard this, he didn't dare to take it back. Ye Fan stuffed the stuff in his mouth: "They keep getting fruits every day, and they already have enough vitamins." He asked Geng Zhiye, "Forgot?"

Geng Zhiye wanted to say whether fruits can be the same as vegetables. Suddenly I realized the same thing, because the fruits for the two children include cucumbers and tomatoes. When you feel thirsty or tired after playing outside, you pick tomatoes and cucumbers, wash them by the water well, and then eat them.

Dabao shook his head and sighed: "Dad, you'd better train your troops to defend the island."

Erbao wanted to nod, but saw her father raise his hand to give his brother a forehead, and she picked up a piece of fish: "Mom, eat meat."

Geng Zhiye subconsciously looked over and saw Erbao grabbing a "June Yellow" to honor his father. When Ye Fan saw this, he couldn't help asking: "Isn't it a sea crab?"

Geng Zhiye shook his head: "In the morning, we cleaned up the river channel and dug out mud and found a lot of crabs. I passed by and tied a bunch for me."

Ye Fan wanted to know if silt was used for farming. On the weekend, Dabao Erbao and a group of children went to the mountainside to enjoy the cool air. Ye Fan followed him to rest for a while, then quietly walked around to the riverside. The river became narrower, but the water became clearer.

The female comrade who was herding sheep for the brigade asked: "Accountant Ye, what are you looking at?"

Ye Fan: "How deep is the water? I'm worried that the child will fall in."

The lesbian wants to say it's okay, but something happens every summer: "There is one person who is so deep. I will tell the captain another day and get some canes to stop it."

Ye Fan: "Plant it. To prevent soil erosion. By the way, you can grow sweet potatoes by the river. The kind that are harvested in autumn."

The lesbian was young, around 20 years old, as if she had never heard of it before, and asked in confusion: "Don't you need to dry it before planting it?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "No need."

He had never farmed in his previous life, and Ye Fan didn't understand it before he came to Hengshan Island. I've heard Su Yuanhang say it several times in the past two years: "Didn't someone take advantage of the wet ground to cut the sweet potato vines and plant them, and then plant them when the sun comes out? It's not too late. This circle of river banks can harvest two thousand kilograms in autumn."


The young comrade exclaimed: "So many? Accountant Ye, please help me take a look, and I will find the team leader."

Before Ye Fan could say the word "good", the little comrade ran away.

The next day, Ye Fan told Su Yuanhang about this matter. Su Yuanhang said that the Five Star Brigade dug out a lot of mud from the mud, some of which was piled by the river, and some of which was piled in the river. It seemed like he didn't even plant crops when he passed there today.

Ye Fan: "What else can sweet potato vines be used for besides feeding pigs?"

Su Yuanhang: "Cooking. But there are a lot of vegetables in this season and no one eats sweet potato vines."

Ye Fan: "Pigs and sheep can be fed with vegetable leaves. Sweet potato vines can be fed to livestock even if they are not cut and dried. Go back and tell the captain of the five-star brigade to try it on the river bank. They have eaten enough sweet potatoes, and no one will steal them if they are planted on the bank. .”

Su Yuanhang nodded: "Sweet potatoes are more filling than fish. Except for children digging a few roasted sweet potatoes, no one steals them during the autumn harvest. Take a look at my application report. If approved by the above, I will ask Commander Geng to blow up the mountain in a few days. I will bring people to level the ground and we can build the factory after the dog days.”

Ye Fan read it over and said: "No! Don't mention yourself, don't mention me, just think about the islanders. Only mention the money to repair the factory. We can use the old ones for the ovens and canning machines. By the way, we sell duck and goose feathers. We were not asked to pay the fare when we arrived, so I divided the remaining money into two parts, leaving half for the food factory for emergencies and handing over the other half.”

Su Yuanhang paid a few dozen yuan to make a trip in person, looking serious and pitiful. The city leaders were embarrassed to deal with him. City leaders did not expect the food factory to make money, but the food factory has made a lot of money in the past two years. If you have your own factory, wouldn't you make more money?

Su Yuanhang received the approval document and the money to repair the factory on the same day.

There is an expert on the island who used to be a consultant for a large state-owned factory. Su Yuanhang asked him to draw a plan. But first build a few office warehouses, and then build a few standard workshops. Because Ye Fan reminded Su Yuanhang to be measured when dealing with superiors. No one can bear the hair growing little by little and the hair growing bald.

At the end of June, the Tianre Food Factory was not shipping goods. Su Yuanhang led temporary workers in the Five-Star Brigade to level the ground. Ye Fan had some time off. It happened that Dabao and Erbao were on vacation, so he took them to the mountainside to enjoy the cool weather.

I heard a commune member weaving bamboo baskets at the foot of the mountain say that the sweet potatoes planted a few days ago were alive, and that from now on they could no longer go to the river to herd sheep, but had to go to the mountain. But if you are not careful, the sheep will step on the tomb of the martyrs. You must keep an eye on it. Why is it too troublesome? Ye Fan couldn't help but laugh.

Several chatting members hurriedly explained that they did not blame Captain Geng for repairing the martyrs' graves.

Ye Fan: "I'm laughing at you. Seeing that you were all born before the founding of the People's Republic of China? He died to protect you, and can he deliberately scare you? Maybe he would be happy to see you disturbing them every day. It means that their sacrifice is worth it. No need. Because the tomb of the martyrs was built by Geng Zhiye, he didn’t dare to do that.”

Several people thought about it again and again, right? Besides, there is no telling whether there are any ghosts.

A member of the commune gave Ye Fan the small bamboo basket he had made: "Accountant Ye, just tie two ropes on it and it can be used."

Ye Fan: "You put it on your chest to pick tea, right? Keep it for yourself."

The club member explained that he still had it at home. Ye Fan took it and waved in the distance. Erbao ran over: "Mom!"

Ye Fan said to her: "Pick flowers and put fruits in them. Later, mother will tie two ropes for you. You can carry them on your shoulders."

The small bamboo basket is very light in the hand and can hold a lot of things. Erbao was very happy: "Thank you, Mom!"

Ye Fan: "A few uncles and aunts made it."

Erbao turned to face several people: "Thank you, uncle and aunt." After saying that, she ran towards her brother: "Dabao-" Dabao turned to glare at her, and the little girl immediately changed her words: "Brother, the little basket mom gave me. You don't have it. ! ”

Dabao rolled his eyes at her and muttered: "Childish!"

Erbao didn't want to get angry with her stupid brother who didn't understand appreciation. She squatted on the roadside, pulled out a handful of flowers and put them in a small bamboo basket. There are red, yellow and white, big and small, tall and short, and there are green leaves as a foil. Don't tell me, it's pretty good-looking.

The second treasure was given to his mother. Ye Fan said "thank you" and said, "Take it home and hang it under the eaves of the porch. Do you want to read it every day?"

Erbao took aim at the members again. The members had just compiled one and asked: "Do you want it?"

"Mom, do you want it?"

Ye Fan: "Okay. What do you want to say?"

"Thank you, auntie." Erbao said before reaching out to take it.

After returning home, Ye Fan pointed to the vegetable patch: "Er Bao, pick some fruits and vegetables to send to your uncle and aunt this afternoon."

Erbao nodded: "But I can't lift it. Mom, won't you come with me?"

Ye Fan: "Let's go together. The room is hot. Let's go out after dinner."

When his mother was not paying attention, Dabao drank two sips of cold water from the well before washing his face: "Mom, when will you return to the capital?"

"The capital is hotter than the island at this time. We will go back in mid-August just like last year. Don't worry about temporary changes, your dad has made arrangements."

Dabao doesn't trust his father in all matters at home. When it comes to the army, Dabao absolutely trusts his father, because even his disciple Comrade Niu Dayong admires Captain Geng.

Little did they know that Deputy Captain Niu was with Geng Zhiye at this time. In the past, regimental commander Niu and battalion commanders and company commanders relied on strength and experience to compete. Recently, he seems to have become more flexible by moving his muscles.

Deputy Commander Niu's ability to become a deputy commander depends not only on not being afraid of death. People will also sum up their experiences. Then he approached Geng Zhiye and suggested practicing Tai Chi for an additional twenty minutes every day.

Although Geng Zhiye has a lot of autonomy, he is still a little worried about what he didn't have before the whole team practiced. Geng Zhiye asked Deputy Commander Niu to find the political commissar - the chief of staff was on vacation and returned to his hometown.

Political Commissar Liao objected, saying that Deputy Commander Niu was looking for trouble.

Deputy Captain Niu said he was a nerd and lazy.

Political Commissar Liao didn't hesitate to survive the battlefield, so he retorted.

Geng Zhiye had a headache: "Stop. Okay!"

Political Commissar Liao shouted loudly: "Captain!"

Geng Zhiye added in his mind - you are confused. Geng Zhiye sighed: "I haven't finished speaking yet. Remember when I was in school, the National Sports Commission compiled a set of Tai Chi? Just use that set. Old Niu, ask someone to find out. It's different from what you and Dabao learned. ”

Political Commissar Liao nodded reluctantly when he heard that the country recognized it: "Try it first. If it has no effect at the end of the year, cancel it."

Waiting until the end of the year is just a matter of flexibility for others, but for Political Commissar Liao, he doesn't get seasick. Captain Niu wants to separate from him. Geng Zhiye felt that Captain Niu was not as angry as before and would not directly attack Baldy's ship as soon as he encountered it, so he said to let Political Commissar Liao get used to it first, and then separate patrols after the Spring Festival.

Having said that, Geng Zhiye himself is not idle either. When he got home in the evening, he asked Ye Fan who he learned Tai Chi from.

Ye Fan was stunned for a moment and thought carefully: "There is a physical education teacher behind my house who said that he learned martial arts before the founding of the People's Republic of China. I learned it from him. What's wrong?"

Geng Zhiye: "Is it the same as what the country compiled?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "I don't know."

Geng Zhiye: "Write a letter to my mother-in-law and ask. You said that you want to teach Erbao, but you are afraid that this set of Tai Chi is only suitable for you. Don't say when we will go back. Otherwise, if we go back a day late, my mother-in-law will have to nag her again. ”

Erbao climbed onto her father's lap and pointed to the flower basket on the coffee table: "Dad, mine, does it look good?"

Geng Zhiye nodded perfunctorily.

Erbao was so angry: "Brother, let's go!"

(End of chapter)

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